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2) Structure of Nervous System Flashcards

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Anterior is…

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Front

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Posterior is…

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Back

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Dorsal is..

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Top (think dorsal fin is on top)

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Lateral is..

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Toward the side

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Ventral is…

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Underneath/bottom

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Medial is..

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Toward middle

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Ipsilateral is…

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Same side

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Contralateral is…

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On opposite side (think ‘on the contrary’)

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Horizontal brain slice section is

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parallel to the ground

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What is the CNS comprised of?

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The brain and spinal cord

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The cranial and spinal nerves make up what system?

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The peripheral nervous system

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How much of the body’s blood and oxygen supply is used in brain circulation?

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20%

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What are all the layers of the meninges? (protective tissue layers)

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Dura mater- tough, flexibel, most outer meninx. Arachnoid- middle layer, like drapped cellophane, doesn’t fall into the brain contours.
Pia mater- very thin final layer right on surface of brain, reaching the cerebral cortex

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What is the gap between the arachnoid and pia called?

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subarachnoid space

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How many ventricles are there in the Ventricular system

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4

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What are the hollow chambers (ventricles) filled with?

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CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)

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What is the CSF for and where does it circulate?

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The CSF is a fluid that acts a watery cushion for the brain’s protection. It circulates in the arachnoid space, ventricles and the central canal of the spinal cord

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Outline the circulation cycle of CSF

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1) UP spinal cord 2) around the front 3) over the top 4) down the back 5) returning back down central canal of spinal cord into blood stream

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Which is the largest section of the brain?

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The forebrain (telencephalon area)

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What areas/system does the forebrain consists of?

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The cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and limbic system

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What is the cerebral cortex?

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Thin wrinkled layer of tissue over the 2 hemispheres of the brain

22
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Which 3 animals have all these brain parts (cerebellum, brain stem, 2 hemispheres)

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Humans, sheep, dolphins

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What is the grey matter in the cerebrum?

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The cell bodies of neurons (including dendrites and axon terminals), where ALL synapses are found

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What is the white matter of the cerebrum?

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Made up of axons, which connect together the grey matter areas. White appearance is fatty tissue (for insulation).

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Where is the corpus callosum and what is it’s function?

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In the mid brain. It connects the two hemispheres and allows communication between them to occur

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What are all the lobes called? (Remember FPOT) ?

Which cortex is in the parietal lobe

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Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal.

Somatosensory (body sense) in the parietal lobe

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If I say ‘audio tempo’ which primary cortex does the hint relate to

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The auditory (‘audio’) cortex, situated in the temporal (‘tempo’) lobe

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Which primary cortex does the hint ‘eye’ belong to

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The visual (sight) cortex, situated in the occipital (occi-eyes) lobe

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Which primary cortex does the hint ‘motor part’ belong to

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The motor cortex, situated in the frontal lobe

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What model shows the somatotopic organisation of these cortices (how much brain space our body parts take up i.e hands/face mainly mouth are largest)

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The homunculus model

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What did Brodmann’s work find?

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Th Brodmann’s areas- distinguished 46 different brain areas (of cell structure/organisation)

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The limbic system (involved in learning, memory and attention) is found where in the brain?

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The midbrain

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Which brain areas are part of the limbic system?

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The limbic cortex > hippocampus > mammillary bodies (part of hippo) >amygdala (emotion),

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What is the basal ganglia (of the mid brain area) responsible for?

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Processing info for motor movement

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What is in the diencephalon (forebrain area) ?

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Thalamus (main sensory relay for all senses, except smell), also regulates the ANS

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What falls unTder the roof (tectum) of the midbrain?

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The superior colliculi (involved in fast eye movement, like scanning a shopping aisle for an item), inferior colliculi (auditory pathway) & the tegmentum (role in motor movement- Parkinson’s is loss of neurons here)

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Which two main structures form the hindbrain?

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The metencephalon and the myencephalon

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What do the two hindbrain structures contain/do?

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Metencephalon- contains the cerebellum (mini brain involved in movement/co-ordination) and the pons (bridge)
Myencephalon- contains the medulla oblongata (under pons) used for basic life function i.e. breathing, swallowing, wake-sleep cycles

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Locate the white and grey matter of the spinal cord

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White matter is OUTSIDE, grey matter is INSIDE the cord

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What is the role of the spinal cord

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Allows communication between sense organs/muscles below the head

41
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Explain the Bell-Magendie Law

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Dorsal roots (at back) - carry sensory info TO the CNS (AFFERENT)
Ventral roots (underside)- carry motor info to muscles  and glands AWAY from CNS (EFFERENT- remember A + E go to together)
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What system carries info signals TO + FROM CNS

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The peripheral nervous system

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What does the PNS contain?

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12 cranial nerves (directly in the brain)
31 Pairs of Spinal nerves (peripheral nerves from spinal cord)
BOTH have EFFerent and AFFerent

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What are the two branches of the ANS

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Sympathetic and Parasympathetic

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What kind of nerves does the CNS have

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All of the ANS has EFFERENT nerves (all info from ANS carried away to muscles)

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What role does each branch of the ANS do

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Sympathetic- fight or flight response, arousal, prepares body to expend energy
Parasympathetic- rest and restore, relaxes and calms the body (as can’t use the SNS for too long)

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What is the difference between a fissure, sulcus (sulci) and gyrus (gyri)

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Fissures (larger trough) and sulci (narrower trough) in the brain. Gyri are the ridges/bumps

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Where is CSF fluid produced

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Choroid Plexus (in each of the ventricles)

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